Distance learning with Xerte online toolkits
February 18, 2014
Video >> James Roscoe (Biosciences) and Joel Reed (Harper Adams University) demonstrate how they have produced e-learning programs for the AgriFood Advanced Training Partnership using Xerte Online Toolkits. This is a recording from the January 2014 E-Learning community. For further information and guidance on developing online courses, visit the University’s Xerte Online Toolkits help page.
Case-based online self-study: a patient-centred approach to Pharmacy
February 6, 2014
Video>> Michael Randall (Life Sciences) and colleagues have produced a new Pharmacy course embodying a pre-dominantly patient-centred approach to learning. Some self-study materials, made using Xerte Online Toolkits, allow students to prepare for workshops by studying patient scenarios. (Apologies for some poor sound quality) For further information and guidance on developing online courses, visit the University’s …
Developing online study materials using Xerte Online Toolkits
January 29, 2014
Video>> Ali Curzon (Veterinary Medicine and Science) demonstrates how she teaches biology to the Preliminary Year of the six-year veterinary course (BVM, BVS with BVMedSci) using an online course she developed with Xerte Online Toolkits. This is a recording from the January 2014 E-Learning community. For further information and guidance on developing online courses, visit …
Development of Anatomy CAL using Xerte Online Toolkits
July 4, 2010
The Medical School had a number of Anatomy CAL (Computer Aided Learning) packages, created in Authorware over a number of years. Due to their age and format they were not easy to update or support but they did contain relevant and useful content. There was a requirement for the packages to be reviewed and where …
How effective are reusable learning objects at supporting didactic lectures?
October 1, 2009
Andrew Fisher: “This project designed two Reusable Learning Objects (RLOs) which were then used to supplement a core first year module in philosophical logic taken by eighty students. RLOs are reusable web-based resources with a single learning objective, with the functional requirements of accessibility and reusability. They are popular within the Sciences and Medicine, but …
Development and evaluation of a re-usable learning tool to supplement didactic lectures
January 29, 2007
Jo Leonardi-Bee: “The Division of Epidemiology and Public Health teaches Evidence Based Practice/Medicine (EBPM) to a variety of postgraduate courses. A common theme across these courses is to enable students to put theory from didactic lectures into practice using computer based statistical software packages. However, there are no practical sessions to accompany a particularly difficult …
Mathematics Electronic Learning Environment in Engineering and Science (MELEES)
July 30, 2004
Stephen Hibberd and Cliff Litton: “MELEES is a web-based environment, developed since 2002, to support students who take mathematics modules as a part of their course. In 2004-5 over 2000 students across Engineering and Science at the University of Nottingham used MELEES to support their learning. “The principal challenge within the service teaching of mathematics …
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